| Code | DS/UK/20416 |
| Name | Jones; Quincy (14 March 1933); American producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and composer |
| Variations of Name | Quincy Delight Jones Jr |
| Dates | 14 March 1933 |
| Gender | Male |
| Place of Birth/Origin | Chicago, Illinois, United States (born) |
| Relationships | Son of Sarah Frances Wells (bank officer and apartment complex manager) and Quincy Delight Jones Sr (semi-professional baseball player and carpenter)
Grandson of grandmother who was a slave in Louisville and a Welsh grandfather
Descendant of King Edward I of England and James Lanier (entrepeneur and relative of poet Sidney Lanier). Learning that the Lanier immigrant ancestors were French Huguenots who had court musicians among their ancestors, Jones attributed some of his musicianship to them.
Half-sibling of Richard A Jones (American District Judge)
Former husband of Jeri Caldwell (actress), Ulla Andersson (Swedish actress), Peggy Lipton (American actress)
Former partner of Carol Reynolds and Nastassja Kinski (German actress)
Father of Jolie, Rachel, Martina, Quincy Delight Jones III (Swedish-America music producer), Kidada Ann Jones (American actress), Rashida Jones (American actress and former partner of Tupac Shakur) and Kenya Jones (American model) |
| Biography | Quincy Jones is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans over 60 years in the entertainment industry with a record 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992.
Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor, before moving on to work in pop music and film scores. In 1969 Jones and his songwriting partner Bob Russell became the first African-Americans to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, for "The Eyes of Love" from the film Banning. Jones was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the 1967 film In Cold Blood, making him the first African-American to be nominated twice in the same year. In 1971 he became the first African-American to be the musical director and conductor of the Academy Awards ceremony. In 1995 he was the first African-American to receive the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. He has tied with sound designer Willie D. Burton as the second most Oscar-nominated African-American, with seven nominations each.
Jones was the producer, with Michael Jackson, of Jackson's albums Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987), as well as the producer and conductor of the 1985 charity song "We Are the World", which raised funds for victims of famine in Ethiopia. He was named one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century by Time magazine |